ardeb
[ ahr-deb ]
/ ˈɑr dɛb /
noun
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
Origin of ardeb
1860–65; < dialectal Arabic
ardabb ≪ Aramaic
'rdb, perhaps < Old Persian; compare Egyptian Demotic
'rtb, late Akkadian
ardabu, Elamite
irtiba, Syriac
'arṭba, Greek
artábē, Arabic
'irdabb ≪ Aramaic
Words nearby ardeb
arcuate zone,
arcuation,
arcus,
arcus cornealis,
arcus senilis,
ardeb,
ardebil,
ardeid,
ardella,
arden,
ardennes
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British Dictionary definitions for ardeb
ardeb
/ (ˈɑːdɛb) /
noun
a unit of dry measure used in Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries. In Egypt it is approximately equal to 0.195 cubic metres
Word Origin for ardeb
C19: from Arabic
ardabb, from Greek
artabē a Persian measure